DisinfoDocket 17 November 2025
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Don't miss -
* Trump’s IVF news sparks a wave of misinformation
* Kenyan gov't websites back online after hackers deface pages with white supremacist messages
* How Tanzania police crushed election protests with lethal force...
* Trump’s IVF news sparks a wave of misinformation
* Kenyan gov't websites back online after hackers deface pages with white supremacist messages
* How Tanzania police crushed election protests with lethal force...
Highlights
WATCH - The Past, Present, and Future of the US Information Integrity Field (Tech Policy Press, 16 November)
- Large language models still struggle with false beliefs (Nature, 13 November)
- How a forged France 24 report fueled a radioactive lie concerning France-Armenia relations (DFR Lab, 11 November)
- British hacker must repay £4m after hijacking celebrity Twitter accounts (BBC, 17 November)
- Town of Smithers, B.C., says it is dealing with misinformation about temporary winter shelter (CBC, 16 November)
1. Academia & Research
- Unpacking online hate speech in Portuguese social media: a social-psychological and linguistic-discursive approach (Nature, 11 November)
2. Platforms & Technology
- Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar paycheck depends on the markets he’s losing (Rest of World, 13 November)
- Elon Musk’s X botched its security key switchover, locking users out (Tech Crunch, 12 November)
3. Russia & Ukraine
LISTEN - Elena Kostyuchenko explains why E.U. multiple-entry visas were so crucial for Russian dissidents and journalists (Meduza, 17 November)